Motion-picture reel and container therefor



H. HUMMELL, F. W. MARTIN AND C. J. SCHWALL.

MOTION PICTURE REEL AND CONTAINER THEREFOR APPLICATION FILED MAR. 8,1919.

1,371,786. I Patented Mar. 15, 1921.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY DIUMMELL, OF NEW YORK, AND FREDERICK WM. MARTIN AND CARL J.SGHWALL, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK; SAID MARTIN AND SAID SCHWALL ASSIGNORST0 SAID HUMMELL.

MOTION-PICTURE REEL AND CONTAINER THEREFOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 15, 1921.

To all whomit may concern:

Be it known that we, HARRY HUMMELL, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city of New York, Woodhaven, borough of Queens, countyof Queens, and State of New York; FREDERICK WILLIAM MARTIN, and CARLJULIUS SoHwALL, bOflZh citizens of the United States, and residents ofthe city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings andState of New York, have invented a new and Improved Motion- Picture Reeland Container Therefor, of which the followingis a full, clear, andexact description.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in motionpicture appliances, and pertains more particularly to reels forcontaining the picture film.

The primary object of the invention is to so construct a film reel thatit may be used as one section of a reel container for the purpose ofstoring the film when not in use.

A further object of the invention is to construct a container for motionpicture films which is entirely fire-proof.

A still further object of the invention is to construct a container formotion picture films in such a manner that a number of such containersmay be suitably secured together to facilitate the transportationthereof.

A still further object of the invention is to provide means for securingboth ends of the motion picture film to the reel.

A still further object of the invention is to construct a motion picturereel which is capable of use with all types of motion picture apparatusat present in use.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a suitable labelfor motion picture reels by means of which the title and other data maybe conveniently displayed, thereby eliminating the strip of papergenerally employed for this purpose.

With the above and other objects in view.

which will appear as the nature of the in vention is better understood,reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is aview in elevation,'partly broken away, of a plurality of receptaclessecured together;

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the improved reel;

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the receptacle;

Fig. 4 is a view in elevation of the reel.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, a motion picture reel,constructed in accordance with the present invention comprises two sidemembers 10 and 11, which are secured together by means of a centrallyarranged tubular member 12 and a hub 13. The side member 10 is formedfrom a sheet of suitable material and is provided with an annular flange14, near its outer edge. The peripheral edge of the side member 10 isrolled, as at 15, to provide an annular channel 16, the inner side ofwhich is open as at 17. At diametrically opposite points in the channel16, are pins or the like 18, the purpose of which will be hereinafterdescribed. The side member 11 of the reel is formed from the samematerial as the side member 10, but is provided with a plurality of openspaces 19, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4:. The central portion of theside member 11 is depressed at 20, to form a continuous shoulder 21. Themember 11 is provided around its peripheral edge with a plurality ofslots 22, which terminate in large openings 23, said slots forming themeans for securing a suitable resilient clasp 25. This clasp 25 isformed of metal and is, bent backwardly upon itself as at 26, one

end thereof being bent at right angles as designated at 27, andprovidedwith a button or the like 28, which is adapted to be receivedwithin the aforementioned slots 22.

The hub member 13 is formed from a strip of metal, one edge of Which isprovided with a plurality of equidistantlyspaced projections 29, whichare bent at right angles to the body portion of said strip. Theseprojections 29 are adapted'to lie in contact with the inner face of theside member 10, and are secured thereto by means of rivets or the like30. By this construction, it will be seen that the hub member 13 isrigidly secured to the'inner face of the side member 10 of the reel. Theopposite ed e of the hub 13 is adapted to engage Wit the shoulder 21, asat 31, and passing through said shoulder 21 and the hub member 13, arerivets or the like 32.

Secured to the hub 13, by means of rivets or the like 33, is a resilientmember 34:, which is provided with two oppositely disposed resilientarms 35, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 4. These arms are eachprovided with a portion 36, which engages the outer face of the hub 13,to secure the inner end of the film strip to said hub. The resilientmember 34 is provided with a rightangular projection 37, which isadapted to lie between one of the right-angular rojections 29 of the hub13, and the inner ace of the side member 10 of the reel, as shown inFig. 2, and is secured between said projection 29 and the side member 10of the reel by means of the rivets 30. The tubular member 12 may bepositioned within the hub 13, with its ends secured to the side members10 and 11 in any desired manner.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings, is shown a form of receptacle especiallyadapted to receive and contain the reel heretofore described. Thisreceptacle is formed of sheet metal and has a closed side 40 and an openside 41. The closed side 40 is reduced as at 42, and the outer diameterof said reduced portion 42 is substantially equal to the inner diameterof the flange 14 of the side member 10 of the reel.

Extending around the receptacle is an annular channel, which provides ahead 43, the purpose of which will be hereinafter described.

It will be noted that the diameter of the side 11 of the reel is lessthan the diameter of the side 10 thereof, which permits of the insertionof the side 11 into the receptacle. The open side of the receptacle isprovided at diametrically opposite pointswith bayonet slots 44, andarranged centrally of the closed side 40 thereof, is a substantiallycircular opening 45, which is adapted to aline with the tubular member12 when the reel has been positioned within said receptacle.

The reel together with the film strip wrapped thereon with its inner endand outer end in engagement with the resilient members 35 and 25,respectively, is inserted into the open side of the receptacle. The openedge of the receptacle is adapted to pass into the open side 17 of thechannel 16. With the reel in this position, it is turned until the pins18 engage in the bayonet slots 44, and upon further movement.

of the reel, the pins 18 will pass into the elongated portions of thesaid slots to se curely retain said reel within the receptacle. By thisconstruction, it will be apparent that the film strip is completelyhoused within the receptacle, and that the closed side 10' of the reelforms the means for closing the open side of said receptacle.

The reference character 46 designates a rigid rod, one end of which isprovided with a head 47, the other end of said rod being screw-threadedas at 48. Any number of the receptacles may be threaded on to one ofthese rods 46, it being understood 1 one or a number of thesereceptacles or containers may be rolled, if desired.

Mounted for rotation in the depression provided by forming the shoulder31, is a disk 50, the central portion of which is provided with anaperture within which is secured an operating button or the like 51,This disk 50 is retained in place against accidental displacement bymeans of lugs or the like 52, which are formed by cutting out a portionof the shoulder 31. This disk 50 is divided into a plurality ofsections, 7

each of which is adapted to bear suitable printed matter for the purposeof identifying the film. The aforementioned lugs 52 are intended merelyto retain the disk50 in place within said depressed portion and do notbear thereon with suflicient force to hinder the free rotary movementthereof.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A movingpicture reel comprising a hub portion, disks of different diameterssecured to opposite ends of said hub portion, a cover adapted to receivethe disk of smaller diameter and inter-engage the disk of largerdiameter for inclosing the reel, and separate means passing through thehub portion of a plurality of said reels for securing said reels incontact with each other.

.2. A device of the character described comprising a reel having one ofits sides provided with an annular flange, a cover adapted to engage theexterior surface of said annular flange to inclose the reel, said coverhaving a-reduced portion of a dimension equal to the interior dimensionof the annular flange of an adjacent reel, and means for securing aplurality of said reels together.

3. A device of the character described comprising a reel having a closedside provided with an annular flange, the upper edge of which is curvedoutwardly and spaced therefrom, a cover adapted to inclose said reel andhaving its open end engageable in comprising a reel consisting of ahollow hub portion, an open plate secured to one end of said hub portiona closed plate secured to the opposite end of said hub portion and of agreater diameter than said open plate, said closed plate being providedwith an annular flange, a cover adapted to inclose said reel and havingits open edge of a diameter equal to the outer diameter of said annularflange, and a projecting portion provided on the closed end of saidcover, the outside diameter of said projecting portion being equal tothe inside diameter of the annular flange of an adjacent reel, and meanspassing through a plurality of said reels for securing them in contactwith each other.

5. A moving picture reel comprising a hub, a disk secured to each end ofsaid hub, a cover adapted to receive one of the disks carried by the huband have interengagement with the other of said disks, and means forsecuring a plurality of said reels together to provide a single portableunit.

6. A moving picture reel comprising a hub, a disk secured to each end ofsaid hub, a cover adapted to receive one of the disks carried by the huband have interengagement with the other of said disks, a rigid rodadapted to be passed through the hub and cover of each of a plurality ofsaid reels, and means engageable with said rod for securing saidplurality of reels and covers thereon to provide a single portable unit.

7. A moving picture reel comprising a hub, a disk secured to each end ofsaid hub, an open-ended cover adapted to receive one of the diskssecured to the hub, the other disk being adapted for interengagementwith said cover to close the same, and means for securing a plurality ofsaid reels together to provide a single portable unit.

8. A device of the character described comprising a sheet metal diskhaving an annular flange terminating in an outlying curved annular beadspaced with respect to said flange, a second disk of a diameter equal tothe inner diameter of the annular flange of the first-mentioned disk, atubular member adapted to secure said disks together in spaced relation,a hub portion rigidly secured to each'of said disks and spaced withrelation' to said tubular member, a container of an interior diameterequal to the exterior diameter of the annular flange of thefirstmentioned disk and having its open end an annular flange, a tubularportion rigidly secured centrally of said disk, a second disk secured tosaid tubular portion in s aced relation with the first-mentioned dis, aninterior annu ar shoulder formed on said second-mentioned disk, a hubportion comprising a continuous strip of metal provi-ded with aright-angular flange adapted to be secured by said flange to thefirst-mentioned disk and having its free edge overlapping the shoulderportion of the secondmentioned disk, means for securing theshoulder-engaging portion of said hub portion to the second-mentioneddisk, and a cover adapted to receive the second-mentioned disk andinterengage the first-mentioned disk for inclosing the reel.

10. The combination with a plurality of motion picture reels, of acasingfor each of said reels, said casings being formed to provideinterengagement with each other, and separate means for securing aplurality of said reels and casings in such interengaged relation.

11. The combination with a plurality of motion picture reels havinghollow hub por-' tions, of a casing for each of said reels, said casingsbeing formed to provide interengagement with each other, and separatemeans adapted to pass through said casings and the hubs of said reelsfor securing a plurality of the reels and hubs in interengaged relation.

12. The combination with a plurality of motion picture reels, each ofwhich is provided with a hollow hub portion, of a casing for each ofsaid reels and provided with an opening adapted for alinement with thehollow hub portion of its respective reel, said casings also beingformed to provide for interengagement with each other, and separatemeans passing through the hub portions of the reels and the openings ofthe casings for securing a plurality of said reels and casings together.

HARRY HUMMELL. FREDERICK WM. MARTIN. CARL J. SCHWALL.

